Indigenous Mental Health Diploma is a diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy programme offered by Red Crow Community College in Cardston, Canada. The programme runs for 2 years.
At a glance
Degree:Diploma
Field:Counselling & Psychotherapy
Duration: 2 years
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Indigenous Mental Health Diploma is a two-year program built around the Blackfoot Knowledge Paradigm, addressing intergenerational trauma, psychological disorders, and the effects of colonialism on self-esteem, family functioning, and addictive behaviour. The curriculum pairs traditional healing practices, Blackfoot ceremony, and cultural teaching with academic psychology and sociology, aiming toward a holistic view of wellness spanning mind, body, heart, and spirit. Across 24 courses over two years, students take foundational subjects such as Blackfoot language, introductory psychology, and English composition, alongside specialized courses in Indigenous health knowledge, addiction studies and counselling interviewing, peace-making and conflict resolution, developmental and social psychology, and health sociology. Instruction is delivered by Alberta-certified instructors together with Blackfoot scholars. Admission requires a minimum grade in English Language Arts 30-1 or 30-2, an Accuplacer assessment demonstrating college-level reading and writing, and a successful interview. The program is intended for Niitsitapi people of the Blackfoot Confederacy, other Indigenous learners, and non-Indigenous students pursuing mental health studies grounded in Blackfoot knowledge.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a grade average of 60% or better in English Language Arts 30-1 or 30-2, plus completion of the college's Accuplacer assessment demonstrating college-level reading and writing; no IELTS, TOEFL or other standardized English-proficiency score is published, consistent with Red Crow Community College's general admission page, which sets no institution-wide language-test requirement and instead points applicants to each programme's own prerequisites. A successful interview with the admissions team is mandatory for acceptance into this two-year, Fall-entry diploma. No criminal-record check, immunisation record, work-experience or portfolio requirement is stated.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall
Application Deadline:Red Crow Community College's admissions page states applications are assessed on "a first-qualified, first-accepted basis" processed by the date transcripts and other requirements are received, with no fixed opening or closing date published for domestic applicants and no separate international timeline stated. The college separately publishes band-funding deadlines tied to the Fall (September-January, funding deadline June 15) and Winter (January-June, funding deadline November 30) semesters, but these govern sponsorship funding rather than the admissions decision. Admission itself is rolling for both domestic and international applicants, with no equal-consideration or firm date published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
